Bill Benjamin
Unlock high-performance with Bill Benjamin's blend of math, science, and real-world leadership experience. Transform your team’s culture with proven techniques.
Reasons to book Bill Benjamin
- With a remarkable track record of impacting diverse audiences, including highly discerning professionals such as surgeons, U.S. Marines, and NASA engineers, Bill's influence extends across a spectrum of industries and disciplines.
- Bill Benjamin's unique ability to bridge the realms of mathematics and leadership has unlocked untapped potential within countless organizations, pioneering innovative approaches to leadership development and performance optimization.
- As a testament to his commitment to excellence, Bill has spearheaded data-driven initiatives that have revolutionized the landscape of leadership training, setting new standards for measurable outcomes and tangible results.
Unlock unparalleled leadership insights with Bill Benjamin, a seasoned professional with over 25 years of real-world experience as a senior leader. His rare perspective, blending advanced degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science with practical business acumen, enables him to offer invaluable guidance on navigating challenges. Discover how his scientific approach and proven techniques can empower your team to thrive under pressure and cultivate high-performance cultures that drive lasting success.
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Keynotes
Keynote by Speaker Bill Benjamin: Build a High-Performance, Last 8% Culture
You need to move fast, adapt to a changing environment, and deliver performance, yet your team is moving too slow when it comes to making tough decisions and are avoiding the more challenging conversations that drive results.
What is at the heart of high performance is culture. Unfortunately, most leaders misunderstand culture; they believe culture exists across the organization; it doesn’t. It exists primarily on teams. Second, they see culture as something that should be owned by the CEO and CHRO, believing it is their job to build the culture across the organization; it isn’t. Most CEO’s and CHRO’s get so overwhelmed when they think of tackling culture, that they avoid it and allow culture to be built haphazardly, which means that good people leave, and goals are not met.
In this powerful virtual or live keynote, your team will learn the results from our study of 7,500 leaders that puts your managers and people leaders at the center of building your culture. Your people will learn specific tools to own the culture on their team in the critical moments, the Last 8%, that creates culture. The Last 8% are those tougher conversations and decisions that many people struggle with and avoid. When leaders feel agency and have skills to lean into the difficult, they build a high-performance culture that becomes a powerful force in your organization.
In this powerful program, your team will learn:
What the two pillars of a high performing culture are: High Connection (psychological safety) and High Courage (ability to do hard things skillfully)
How to build the culture on their team with our proprietary approach of Model & Own
Specific tools to connect and coach their people to be their best in Last 8% Situations
How to influence & engage others who are at a distance and create the conditions to keep the best and brightest
What is at the heart of high performance is culture. Unfortunately, most leaders misunderstand culture; they believe culture exists across the organization; it doesn’t. It exists primarily on teams. Second, they see culture as something that should be owned by the CEO and CHRO, believing it is their job to build the culture across the organization; it isn’t. Most CEO’s and CHRO’s get so overwhelmed when they think of tackling culture, that they avoid it and allow culture to be built haphazardly, which means that good people leave, and goals are not met.
In this powerful virtual or live keynote, your team will learn the results from our study of 7,500 leaders that puts your managers and people leaders at the center of building your culture. Your people will learn specific tools to own the culture on their team in the critical moments, the Last 8%, that creates culture. The Last 8% are those tougher conversations and decisions that many people struggle with and avoid. When leaders feel agency and have skills to lean into the difficult, they build a high-performance culture that becomes a powerful force in your organization.
In this powerful program, your team will learn:
What the two pillars of a high performing culture are: High Connection (psychological safety) and High Courage (ability to do hard things skillfully)
How to build the culture on their team with our proprietary approach of Model & Own
Specific tools to connect and coach their people to be their best in Last 8% Situations
How to influence & engage others who are at a distance and create the conditions to keep the best and brightest
Keynote by Speaker Bill Benjamin: Performing Under Pressure
Your people are facing the biggest challenge of their careers, yet most continue to rely on their IQ and technical skills to manage through it all. It’s not enough.
To survive, your organization needs to be agile in the midst of change and challenge, and see opportunities where others do not. Your team needs to learn how to work effectively with others who are, themselves, under pressure.
In this powerful program, your team members will learn:
Specific tools learned from working with high performers under pressure in the NFL, NBA, Olympic teams, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Intel, among others, to be more adaptable, resilient, collaborative and opportunistic
How to manage their brain so they can think, perform and lead effectively under pressure
The single most important daily habit that increases focus and decreases burnout
Strategies to help their teams perform in the face of the pressure they face
This program is based on a 12,000-person study conducted for our New York Times best-selling book, Performing Under Pressure, which is available in 65 countries.
This session can be delivered for sales people and sales teams, focusing on helping them harness emotional intelligence to deal with pressure, build stronger relationships with their clients, collaborate internally and deal with the setbacks and uncertainty that sales people must overcome to be successful.
To survive, your organization needs to be agile in the midst of change and challenge, and see opportunities where others do not. Your team needs to learn how to work effectively with others who are, themselves, under pressure.
In this powerful program, your team members will learn:
Specific tools learned from working with high performers under pressure in the NFL, NBA, Olympic teams, Navy SEALs, Goldman Sachs, Intel, among others, to be more adaptable, resilient, collaborative and opportunistic
How to manage their brain so they can think, perform and lead effectively under pressure
The single most important daily habit that increases focus and decreases burnout
Strategies to help their teams perform in the face of the pressure they face
This program is based on a 12,000-person study conducted for our New York Times best-selling book, Performing Under Pressure, which is available in 65 countries.
This session can be delivered for sales people and sales teams, focusing on helping them harness emotional intelligence to deal with pressure, build stronger relationships with their clients, collaborate internally and deal with the setbacks and uncertainty that sales people must overcome to be successful.
Keynote by Speaker Bill Benjamin: Having a High Impact Last 8% Conversations
Our research has found that most people are relatively effective at getting to 92% of what they want to say in a feedback conversation. But when they get to the
Last 8%
of what they really want to say–the hardest part of the feedback they want to give–the part of the conversation that has consequences for the other person, they sense the potential emotional impact this feedback might have, and they back off, avoiding giving the feedback that’s needed.
This creates significant challenges for the other person: not only do they not know how or where they stand, which increases their anxiety, but they are also not given a chance to improve. Worse, they feel less psychologically safe and emotionally connected, which diminishes their performance.
The goal of this program is to give your people the insight and tools to manage their emotions to get to the Last 8% of what they want to say in any feedback conversation. The good news is that there is a burgeoning science of how to give and receive feedback that anyone can learn. It starts by becoming a ‘student of human behavior’, understanding the brain under pressure, and learning the concrete skills needed to give feedback in a way where the other person can hear it.
In this powerful program, your people will learn:
What The Last 8% is and why it provides the biggest opportunity to learn, grow and boost their performance.
How the brain reacts under pressure and why that is at the heart of why people avoid giving Last 8% feedback.
Self-awareness: what their habitual way of reacting to receiving feedback is and why that matters as a signal to the other person that they are open to receiving this important feedback.
How to start a Last 8% feedback conversation: most people do not know where to start, which causes anxiety. Along with trying to be perfect, this stops them from beginning this important conversation.
What the key components are to building an environment of high psychological safety, and why it matters to innovation.
Last 8%
of what they really want to say–the hardest part of the feedback they want to give–the part of the conversation that has consequences for the other person, they sense the potential emotional impact this feedback might have, and they back off, avoiding giving the feedback that’s needed.
This creates significant challenges for the other person: not only do they not know how or where they stand, which increases their anxiety, but they are also not given a chance to improve. Worse, they feel less psychologically safe and emotionally connected, which diminishes their performance.
The goal of this program is to give your people the insight and tools to manage their emotions to get to the Last 8% of what they want to say in any feedback conversation. The good news is that there is a burgeoning science of how to give and receive feedback that anyone can learn. It starts by becoming a ‘student of human behavior’, understanding the brain under pressure, and learning the concrete skills needed to give feedback in a way where the other person can hear it.
In this powerful program, your people will learn:
What The Last 8% is and why it provides the biggest opportunity to learn, grow and boost their performance.
How the brain reacts under pressure and why that is at the heart of why people avoid giving Last 8% feedback.
Self-awareness: what their habitual way of reacting to receiving feedback is and why that matters as a signal to the other person that they are open to receiving this important feedback.
How to start a Last 8% feedback conversation: most people do not know where to start, which causes anxiety. Along with trying to be perfect, this stops them from beginning this important conversation.
What the key components are to building an environment of high psychological safety, and why it matters to innovation.
Keynote by Speaker Bill Benjamin: The Art of Empathy: Building Emotional Intelligence in Your Leaders
The cost of replacing an individual employee ranges from one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary. That means, a 100-person organization that provides an average salary of $50,000 will have turnover and replacement costs of approximately $800,000 to $2.6 million per year.
The worst part? 52% of people who leave say their manager or organization
could have done something to prevent them
from leaving their job. In fact, they said that in the three months before leaving, nobody asked them how they felt about their job, or about their future. What is evident is a lack of empathy in their leaders. It doesn’t have to be this way.
In this powerful virtual or live program, your managers and leaders will learn:
What the single greatest cause of a lack of empathy is (something they have control over)
How to grow their skills of Emotional Intelligence so they can tune into the challenges their people are facing before it causes them to leave
What empathy is and how to build it to empower your innovative and effective people who keep your teams connected and performing at a high level
How to use brain-science-based strategies to manage their emotions so they can be resilient and a source of calm in your organization
How to manage through disruptive change
The worst part? 52% of people who leave say their manager or organization
could have done something to prevent them
from leaving their job. In fact, they said that in the three months before leaving, nobody asked them how they felt about their job, or about their future. What is evident is a lack of empathy in their leaders. It doesn’t have to be this way.
In this powerful virtual or live program, your managers and leaders will learn:
What the single greatest cause of a lack of empathy is (something they have control over)
How to grow their skills of Emotional Intelligence so they can tune into the challenges their people are facing before it causes them to leave
What empathy is and how to build it to empower your innovative and effective people who keep your teams connected and performing at a high level
How to use brain-science-based strategies to manage their emotions so they can be resilient and a source of calm in your organization
How to manage through disruptive change
Bill Benjamin
Unleash Potential: Science of High Performance
Bill has a rare perspective – he has advanced degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has 25 years of real-world business experience as a senior leader. Bill is very genuine about the fact that he struggled early in his career as a leader when he was under pressure. In his programs he shares how he has been able to apply the very same techniques he teaches to become a better leader and create a high-performing culture on the teams he leads--and how you can too.
Bill is a partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), a successful international research and culture change company, named one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” in the “Fast 100” ranking in PROFIT Magazine. IHHP’s Last 8% Culture System helps organizations create high-performance cultures that are both high-care and high-accountability.
His insights into neuroscience and human behavior under pressure provide invaluable guidance on how to navigate such scenarios with confidence and resilience. Whether it's leading a team through a crisis or fostering a culture of high performance within your organization, Bill Benjamin delivers actionable strategies that yield tangible results.
The combination of Bill's practical nature and scientific approach to leadership make him a hit with analytical audiences. His high energy level and enthusiasm has resulted in a successful track record with discerning audiences that include surgeons, U.S Marines and NASA engineers.
By booking Bill Benjamin for your event, you're not just securing a keynote speaker; you're investing in the success and growth of your team. His dynamic presentations captivate audiences, leaving them inspired and equipped with the tools they need to excel in today's fast-paced business landscape.
Bill is a partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), a successful international research and culture change company, named one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” in the “Fast 100” ranking in PROFIT Magazine. IHHP’s Last 8% Culture System helps organizations create high-performance cultures that are both high-care and high-accountability.
His insights into neuroscience and human behavior under pressure provide invaluable guidance on how to navigate such scenarios with confidence and resilience. Whether it's leading a team through a crisis or fostering a culture of high performance within your organization, Bill Benjamin delivers actionable strategies that yield tangible results.
The combination of Bill's practical nature and scientific approach to leadership make him a hit with analytical audiences. His high energy level and enthusiasm has resulted in a successful track record with discerning audiences that include surgeons, U.S Marines and NASA engineers.
By booking Bill Benjamin for your event, you're not just securing a keynote speaker; you're investing in the success and growth of your team. His dynamic presentations captivate audiences, leaving them inspired and equipped with the tools they need to excel in today's fast-paced business landscape.
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